.Spain Payroll Lead Description: This role is responsible for leading and coordinating payroll projects, reconciling employee expense reports, and maintaining vendor relationships.
The role provides domain-specific expertise, contributes to complex projects, and ensures timely issue escalation and resolution.
The role also participates in month-end closing processes and fosters productive relationships while mentoring lower-level employees.
Responsibilities: Leads projects and coordinates with the team responsible for all stages of payroll-related projects including planning, requirements gathering, development, testing, and go-live.
Processes and reconciles employee reimbursement expense reports, ensuring adherence to company policies and guidelines.
Maintains positive relationships with vendors, handles inquiries, and resolves payment discrepancies or issues promptly.
Assists in internal and external payroll audits, supporting the collection and audit of information for accurate processing and reporting.
Maintains all operational procedural documentation related to the area of responsibility.
Provides domain-specific expertise, leadership, and perspective to cross-organization projects, programs, and activities.
Ensures timely escalation of critical risks and issues, thereby enabling efficient resolution.
Participates in the month-end closing process by preparing relevant reports, reconciling accounts, and assisting with financial statement preparation.
Applies advanced subject matter knowledge, leads, and contributes to complex projects, and exercises independent judgment in resolving business issues and establishing policies.
Develops and builds productive internal/external working relationships and may provide mentoring and guidance to lower-level employees.
Education & Experience Recommended: Four-year or Graduate Degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, or any other related discipline.
7-10 years of work experience, preferably in payroll/HR administration, payroll processing, or a related field.
Preferred Certifications: Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC) Knowledge & Skills: Accounting Auditing Calculations Data Entry External Auditing Finance General Ledger Human Resources Information System (HRIS) Internal Auditing Internal Controls Multi-State Payroll Payroll Administration Payroll Processing Payroll Reporting Payroll Systems Payroll Tax Process Improvement Reconciliation SAP Applications Workday (Software) Cross-Org Skills: Effective Communication Results Orientation Learning Agility Digital Fluency Customer Centricity Impact & Scope: Impacts function and leads and/or provides expertise to functional project teams and may participate in cross-functional initiatives.
Complexity: Works on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of multiple factors